Question

cenario ou are working at a physician's office, and you have just taken c.Q., a 38-year-old woman, into the insultation room. c.a. has been divorced for 5 years, has 2 daughters (ages 14 and 16), and works Il time as a legal secretary. Two weeks ago she visited her physician for a routine physical examina- on and requested that a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test be performed. C.Q. stated that e was in a serious relationship, is contemplating marriage, and just wanted to make certain she was K. No abnormalities were noted during c.Q.'s physical examination, and blood was drawn for routine ood chemistries, hematology studies, and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test Iso known as the enzyme immunoassay (EIA] test). C.Q. is at the office to receive her lab results. The vysician informs you that C.Q.'s EIA was positive.

Answer 1

5. Three issues are

1. Knowledge Deficit
2. At risk for infection
3. Depression

6. C.Q. doesn’t have signs and symptoms of infection because her CD-4 count is not below 200 yet and she does not have an opportunist infection

7. acute signs and symptoms of an HIV infection include a mononucleosis-like syndrome of fever, swollen lymph glands, sore throat, headache, malaise, nausea, muscle/joint pain, diarrhea, and a diffuse rash.

8. C.Q. could be devastated at the news she has just received, her depression could lead to suicidal thoughts, which wouldn’t make it safe for her to drive home alone